University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Department: Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research

Job Title: Temporary Clinical Research Recruitment Specialist

This is a Temporary position limited to no more than 12-months. This position is part-time and limited to no more than an average of 30 hours a week in a twelve-month period.

Job Summary:

This position will support the Clinical Research Recruitment Program in the Clinical Research Operations and Services (CROS) Office within the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Colorado of Anschutz Medical Campus. This position will help investigators and research teams raise awareness of their studies, engage people in clinical research, and increase diversity of clinical research participants. 

Under the direction of the Program Manager of the Clinical Research Recruitment Program, the Clinical Research Recruitment Specialist will be responsible for helping support the services and resources that the Clinical Research Recruitment Program offers the CU Anschutz Research Community including but not limited to recruitment consultations, social media campaigns for recruiting human participants to clinical research, and education and training of clinical research teams on recruitment strategies and best practices.

The ideal candidate is knowledgeable about clinical research, recruitment of human research participants, and brings innovative ideas to assist study teams reach their recruitment goals. 

Professionals at the intermediate level are responsible for exercising discretion, analytical skill, personal accountability, and responsibility in a wide range of areas including academic, administrative, managerial and student services functions. Work involves creating, integrating, applying, and sharing knowledge directly related to a professional field. At the intermediate level, duties may be more limited in scope and are performed with guidance and direction from other professionals. 

This position is a part-time position that cannot exceed 20 hours per week. This position will report to the Program Manager of the Clinical Research Recruitment Program.

 Key Responsibilities:

• Review consultation requests, contact study teams for more information, and help facilitate recruitment consultations including internal pre- and post-meeting preparation.
• Provide guidance and support to research teams on creating and updating study pages on the CU Anschutz Research Studies website to ensure they are meeting the data and language requirements.
• Review social media campaign submissions and contact study teams for more information, scheduling intake meetings, and assist with the creation of social media advertisements for research teams.
• Help communicate with research teams regarding social media advertisements, campaign details and updates and assist with obtaining enrollment numbers from campaigns.
• Research community-based organizations, non-profit organizations, community advocacy groups, and other organizations doing public health outreach and community health work that the Clinical Research Recruitment Program could connect with.
• Assist the Program Manager with establishing partnerships with community organizations and key campus entities to identify and address barriers to health equity and improve outcomes in underserved communities in Colorado.
• Attend Health Fairs and other community events with the Program Manager to r